Carter Page

Carter Page

We were first introduced to Carter Page in an interview with the Washington Post on March 21, 2016, as a prospective Foreign Policy Team member. He comes from the Oil industry as “Founder and managing partner of Global Energy Capital” and opened Merrill Lynch in Moscow 2004-7 where “he was an advisor on key transactions for Gazprom, RAO UES and others” Page may have been introduced to the campaign by Sam Clovis, Campaign Co-Chair and current White House Adviser for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Louise Mensch, a former member of the British Parliament and occasional MSNBC analyst, has theorized that Page was introduced to the campaign through the then-Alabama senator. Mensch has also accused numerous members of the Trump team, as well as Trump, of engaging in espionage with the Russian government.” Daily Caller about Clovis

In July 2016, He gave a speech in Moscow criticizing the US for having a “‘hypocritical focus’ on Democracy and Corruption”. Bloomberg

CNNdiscusses Russian attempts to infiltrate campaign in the Summer of 2016.

“Page is one of several Trump advisers US and European intelligence found to be in contact with Russian officials and other Russians known to Western intelligence during the campaign, according to multiple US officials.

The scope and frequency of those contacts raised the interest of US intelligence agencies. The FBI and CIA declined to comment on Page’s statement. In 2013, Page had meetings with a Russian man who turned out to be a spy, according to federal prosecutors. Page denied knowing that the man, Victor Podobnyy, was secretly a Russian operative living in New York.” CNN

July 6, 2016: “Another batch of hacked DNC documents appears on the Guccifer 2.0 website. “[Added March 13, 2017] Bill MoyersJuly 7, 2016:WATCH “In a speech at the New Economic School in MoscowCarter Page criticizes American foreign policy.He says that many of the mistakes spoiling relations between the US and Russia “originated in my own country.” Page says he had sought and received permission from the Trump campaign to make the trip. “[Revised March 20, 2017] Bill Moyers “Carter Page, a national-security adviser for the Trump campaign..During the speech, Page criticized the U.S. and other Western powers for “[impeding] potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change.” Politico later reported that Corey Lewandowski, the Trump campaign manager at the time, signed off on the trip as long as Page didn’t make it as an official campaign representative.” The AtlanticSee also Bloomberg from that day. “He parroted Kremlin talking points by chastising the West for prolonging ‘Cold War tendencies’…Ironically, Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change,’ he said, adding that US foreign policy toward Russia was ‘condescending’ and ‘hostile.'” This speech renewed the FBI’s interest in Page. CNN Telegraph.co.uk

“Page said in September that he briefly met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich during that trip.” Washington Post

Russian TV broadcasts the US Diplomat attacked by Russian Soldier at Moscow embassy on June 6 (Video)

“Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page criticizes US sanctions against Russia during a spew Economic School in Moscow. later reports that Page asked for and received permission from Trump’s then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to speak at the Moscow event. Page’s trip spurs the FBI—which has had an interest in the investor since discovering in 2013 that a Russian operative had tried to recruit him—to begin investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.” Mother Jones

SECHIN raises issues of future bilateral US-Russia energy co-operation and associated lifting of western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. PAGE non-committal in response

DIVEYKIN discusses release of Russian dossier of ‘kompromat’ on TRUMP’s opponent, Hillary CLINTON, but also hints at Kremlin possession of such material on TRUMP”

July 7, 2016: “Carter Page, a national-security adviser for the Trump

campaign, speaks at a graduation ceremony at the New Economy School in Moscow. During the speech, Page criticized the U.S. and other Western powers for “[impeding] potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change.” Politico later reported that Corey Lewandowski, the Trump campaign manager at the time, signed off on the trip as long as Page didn’t make it as an official campaign representative.” The AtlanticSee also Bloomberg from that day. “He parroted Kremlin talking points by chastising the West for prolonging ‘Cold War tendencies’…Ironically, Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change,’ he said, adding that US foreign policy toward Russia was ‘condescending’ and ‘hostile.'” This speech renewed the FBI’s interest in Page. CNN

While in Moscow, “Page allegedly met with Igor Sechin, a Putin confidant and chief executive of the energy company Rosneft” Steele Dossier

August 2016: FBI obtains a FISA Warrant on Carter Page and the application “laid out investigators’ basis for believing that Page was an agent of the Russian government and knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow, officials said. In addition, the application said Page had other contacts with Russian operatives that have not been publicly disclosed, officials said…The campaign adviser said Page participated in three dinners held for the campaign’s volunteer foreign policy advisers in the spring and summer of 2016, coming from New York to Washington to meet with the group. Although Trump did not attend, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a top Trump confidant who became his attorney general, attended one meeting of the group with Page in late summer, the campaign adviser said.” Washington PostDid Page go to Moscow with a tape of Trump offering Treason for Hacking? Patribotics https://patribotics.blog/2017/04/16/carter-page-went-to-moscow-with-a-tape-of-donald-trump-offering-treason-for-hacking/?preview_id=1610&preview_nonce=2aa15d6199How hard is it to get a wiretap? Washington Post

3/ I saw a thread recently on Carter Page’s relationship to Evgeny Buryakov and Victor Podobnyy, which thread was lifted nearly verbatim from Wikipedia🙄 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Bu…). We can do better. Let’s begin.

4/ The DOJ announced charges in Jan 2015 against a Russian spy ring in NYC. US Atty for SDNY @PreetBharara said then: “the arrest of Evgeny Buryakov…make[s] clear that…Russian spies continue to seek to operate in our midst under cover of secrecy.”

5/ What has often been overlooked in many of the reports about Carter Page is that he was recorded under the interception warrants used for the investigation of the NYC Russian spy ring. He had encounters with them while THEY were being recorded per a foreign spy case.

6/ Persons who are not interception targets are commonly intercepted incidentally. In Page’s case, he walked into an ongoing FISA warrant investigation of the NYC spies. Here is the *REMARKABLE* criminal complaint against Buryakov, Sporyshev & Podobnyy: justice.gov/sites/default/…

7/ Indeed, the 2015 criminal complaint against the NYC Russian spies references those spies’ 2013 attempted recruitment of “Male-1”, whom Carter Page has publicly and to the FBI acknowledged to be him.

8/ While I am not a FISA expert, it is understood that when US citizens are incidentally intercepted via a FISA interception intended for non-US citizens, the identity of the US citizen will be masked, unless otherwise authorized.

9/ Carter Page’s phone conversations and in-person meetings with Podobnyy were most definitely all recorded, because Podobnyy was the target of a FISA surveillance warrant. This includes video taping of their meetings.

10/ If Page blew his nose in proximity to Podobnyy, USIC heard it. Beginning in 2013, an FBI UC agent posing as an analyst for an energy firm, provided Sporyshev with binders bugged with hidden microphones, allowing the FBI to record Sporyshev & Podobnyy.

13/ Buryakov was deported to Russia in April 2017, on early release from his 30-month sentence. I have not discovered the reason why he was released early, but it could be he offered substantial cooperation in exchange for early release.

26/ Page “left” the Trump campaign on September 26, 2016, but the Trump campaign publicly denied that Page was ever part of the campaign team.

27/ The Nunes memo states that the Page FISA warrant was obtained AFTER Page “left” the campaign in September. (This calls into question the Wapo report that the Page FISA warrant was obtained summer 2016).

30/ It could be that the Oct 21 Page FISA warrant was issued because there was sufficient cause to believe Page was acting as a foreign agent based in part upon Page’s communications with Manafort, who was already under surveillance. (I am speculating here).

31/ Let’s consider the totality of circumstances, as a judge granting a warrant application might: Page was recruited by Russian spies in 2013 and he gave them documents. We know Page interviewed w the FBI in 2013. We know Page holds pro-Kremlin views inconsistent w US interests.

32/ Page went to Moscow in July, where he met with Putin-associate, US sanctioned Sechin, and discussed US-Russia sanctions:

39/ Page came from McCain team. Back in 2008, McCain found himself knee-deep in oligarchs. McCain’s dealings opened his eyes to the dangers of such entanglements. If Page was w McCain 2004-2008, he was deeply involved w pro-Putin work in Ukraine. THREAD:

SECHIN raises issues of future bilateral US-Russia energy co-operation and associated lifting of western sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. PAGE non-committal in response

DIVEYKIN discusses release of Russian dossier of ‘kompromat’ on TRUMP’s opponent, Hillary CLINTON, but also hints at Kremlin possession of such material on TRUMP

Detail

1. Speaking in July 2016, a Russian source close to Rosneft President, PUTIN close associate and US-sanctioned individual, Igor SECHIN, confided the details of a recent secret meeting between him and visiting Foreign Affairs Advisor to Republican presidential candidate Donald TRUMP, Carter PAGE.

2. According to SECHIN’s associate, the Rosneft President (CEO) had raised with PAGE the issues of future bilateral energy cooperation and prospects for an associated move to lift Ukraine-related western sanctions against Russia. PAGE had reacted positively to this demarche by SECHIN but had been generally non-committal in response.

3. Speaking separately, also in July 2016, an official close to Presidential Administration Head, S. IVANOV, confided in a compatriot that a senior colleague in the Internal Political Department of the PA, DIVYEKIN (nfd)also had met secretly with PAGE on his recent visit. Their agenda had included DIVEYKIN raising a dossier of ‘kompromat’ the Kremlin possessed on Democratic presidential rival, Hillary CLINTON, and its possible release to the Republican’s campaign team.

4. However, the Kremlin official close to S. added that s/he believed DIVEYKIN also had hinted (or indicated more strongly) that the Russian leadership also had ‘kompromat’ on TRUMP which the latter should bear in mind in his dealings with them.